How our AI ran
Reddit outreach.
We supplied direction; our AI handled most posts and comments, according to the owner. ThreadFox packages that operating workflow for your own connected AI. The figures below document the original case study.
These windows select posts by publication date. The view counters were observed at different times; they do not measure views gained during the selected window.
Choose a posting cohort.
| Publication window | Tracked | Measured | Cumulative views |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 days · 09-21–09-23 | 84 | 66 | 349,066 |
| 4 days · 09-20–09-23 | 114 | 92 | 996,022 |
| 7 days · 09-17–09-23 | 124 | 101 | 998,921 |
| 8 days · 09-16–09-23 | 139 | 109 | 1,009,664 |
Overlapping cohorts: never add these rows together. Missing observations are unknown, not zero.
What is established?
- 1,009,664 retained cumulative views for the eight-day cohort.
- 109 measured posts out of 139 tracked.
- Four days of posts came close: 996,022 views.
- The three-day cohort totals 349,066.
What remains unknown?
- A million views newly gained inside a fixed eight-day interval.
- Unique readers, site visits, purchases or typical student results.
- Views on unmeasured posts.
- Removal counts and reasons, which are not in this public aggregate.
- An independently audited percentage of AI authorship.
Reproduce the comparison.
Download the public aggregate figures and method. This release does not contain private account exports or individual-post records.
Source provenance
Saved Reddit Observatory aggregate snapshots. Reviewed 2026-09-24T00:24:08.485126+00:00.
Retained source SHA-256:
d633289521fda63f5976ef1c38b246492c650f23d0c023d48624736586a0ffb4The digest identifies a source; it is not an independent audit.
Follow the workflow.
- Direct: the owner chooses the objective and authorizes the work.
- Research: the AI finds relevant communities and evidence of a permitted route.
- Create: the AI develops a useful contribution and truthful affiliation.
- Publish: authorized browser tooling submits where access and rules permit.
- Reconcile: verify the actual permalink; investigate uncertainty before retrying.
- Respond and measure: useful replies, retained observations and recorded failures.
This is a reconstruction of the process, not a new live posting demonstration.
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